House Speaker John Boehner received a letter signed by the chief judges of most of the nation's federal courts asking him to address the financial consequences of the sequester budget cuts.

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Federal judges say layoffs and furloughs are imminent in Cincinnati and other cities unless Congress rolls back the mandatory budget cuts known as the sequester.

The chief judges of most of the nation's federal district courts, including those in southern Ohio, sent a letter late last week to House Speaker John Boehner asking him to address what they consider "an unprecedented financial crisis."

The courts' budgets have been slashed 10 percent or more this year and additional cuts are expected when the next fiscal year begins Sept. 30. ...